A dance of assassins performing early colonial hegemony in the Congo /

Roberts, Allen F., 1945-

A dance of assassins performing early colonial hegemony in the Congo / [electronic resource] : Allen F. Roberts. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013. - x, 311 p. : ill., map, port. - African expressive cultures .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The "emperor" strikes back. Invitation to a beheading -- A conflict of memories -- Histories made by bodies -- Tropical gothic -- Storms the headhunter. Remembering the dismembered. The rise of a colonial macabre -- Art evo on the Chaussee d'Ixelles -- Lusinga's lasting laughs -- Composing decomposition -- Defiances of the dead.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780253007599 (electronic bk.)




Storms, Emile Pierre Joseph, 1846-1918.
Lusinga, ca. 1840-1884.


Belgians--History--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Hegemony--History--Congo (Democratic Republic)--19th century.
Ethnological museums and collections--Belgium.


Congo (Democratic Republic)--Colonization.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--To 1908.


Electronic books.

DT654 / .R63 2013

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